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Buy the Samsung S800

The Samsung Digimax S800 combines an eight megapixel CCD imager
and a Samsung SHD-branded 3x optical zoom lens with a fairly standard 35
- 105mm equivalent focal range. For framing images, the S800 forgoes any form
of optical viewfinder - increasingly rare on digicams these days - in favor
of a large 2.4" LCD
display with 112,000 pixels. The lack of an optical viewfinder, while not
unusual, is a shame since they add a good degree of versatility - letting you
get the
shot
when
you can't make out
the
LCD in
bright
sunlight,
or save
battery
life
by
disabling
the LCD when accurate framing isn't vital. Images are stored on Secure Digital
/ MultiMediaCards, or in 20MB of internal memory.

The Samsung S800 has ten scene modes to help beginners achieve the results
they're looking for without the need to understand subtleties like shutter
speeds,
apertures and the like. The S800 determines exposures with multi or spot metering,
and offers 2.0EV of exposure compensation in 1/2EV increments. Seven white
balance settings are available including an auto mode, five presets and the
ability to measure a custom white balance. ISO sensitivity is controlled
automatically or manually, ranging from 50 to
400.
The
Digimax S800 also offers a movie mode, capturing clips at up to VGA resolution
with audio, using MPEG4 compression - which
offers higher
quality and better compression than the MotionJPEG compression used in most
cameras. Power comes from two AA batteries
- either Alkaline disposable, or NiMH rechargeable.